Bidney's Self Catering Cottage

28/07/2018

Bidneys cottage is now available for Long Term Letting.

16/02/2018

We have only 1 week left for summer 2018!
23-30 June, only €300 for the week. Sleeps 5!

Still some spring availability left.

PM for prices 😊

04/02/2018

Fancy a Galway getaway?

Now taking bookings from only €150 per week.
Message us now to check remaining availability.

19/01/2018

NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR EASTER & SUMMER 2018!

Still from only €150 per week!

15/09/2017

The history of the half door!

Daylight Robbery

In the 1690s English monarch William III was short of money, which he attempted to rectify by the introduction of a Window Tax. As the name suggests, this was a tax levied on the windows of a property. The upper classes, having the largest houses, paid the most. Some wealthy individuals used their ability to pay as a mark of status and demonstrated their wealth by ostentatiously building homes with many windows.

However, people generally went to great pains to avoid paying the tax and many windows were bricked up for that very reason.

Irish cottagers used their own unique and innovative approach to avoid paying the tax by using the half-door. It was possible to leave the bottom half closed, thus keeping children in and chickens and other animals out; while leaving the top half open thus maximizing the amount of light coming in. Because the light coming through was from a door, rather than a window, they avoided paying the tax, and in the process became daylight robbers!

Photo: Cong, Co Mayo, credit: Frank Fullard

28/06/2017

GALWAY GETAWAY!

Our last availablity for Summer 2017!

7 night break!
Saturday July 22nd - Saturday July 29th €450
Or Weekend break
Saturday 29th July - Monday 31st July €200

Sleeps 5 - Perfect for Galway International Arts Festival!

PM for more details!

14/06/2017

Last minute deals for Bidney's Self Catering Cottage. Only €200 per week for the remainer of June! PM now!

26/03/2017

It's been a busy few weeks, and now our newly extended Bidneys Cottage is open and available for bookings!

15/03/2017

Our newly extended cottage now sleeps 5 people, with availability over the easter holidays. Prices from only €200 per week!

06/07/2016

Our last week available this summer!

6th-13th August €350- last summer week!!! Beautiful stone cottage in Dunmore Co Galway, detached cottage lies on a quiet road in a beautiful rural location just 3 miles from Dunmore, County Galway. Perfect for a couple wanting a romantic getaway, this Dunmore cottage is in an idyllic setting to ensu...

09/06/2016

Last Minute Specials!

18-25 June only €250
25 June - 2 July only €250

Call now to book!
086-3863739

13/05/2016

Beautiful stone cottage in Dunmore Co Galway, detached cottage lies on a quiet road in a beautiful rural location just 3 miles from Dunmore, County Galway. Perfect for a couple wanting a romantic getaway, this Dunmore cottage is in an idyllic setting to ensure a magical holiday is enjoyed by all. Th...

04/05/2016

Nice piece in todays Tuam Herald about Bidneys cottage 😊

08/03/2016

Now taking bookings. From only €150 per week!

08/03/2016

Early morning visitors to bidneys!

08/03/2016

28/01/2015

Great value this mid-term break, only €120 for 7 nights in Galway, Monday 16th February to Sunday 22nd February inclusive :)

28/08/2014

Looking forward to seeing you at Bidney's!!

25/08/2014

Special offer for the month of October, all remaining weeks only €150 per week :)

11/08/2014

Special offer!! 5 nights at Bidney's in August for only €150........
August 24-29
Please share with your friends :)

09/07/2014

Making silage @ Bidney's Self Catering Cottage!

13/06/2014

Special offer!!
June 28th to July 5th
Only €200 for the week!

Please share with your friends :)